Home News Reviews Forums Shop


Benq 1620 at Newegg -- Read before you buy!!!

DVD-R/W, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM
Post a reply

Benq 1620 at Newegg -- Read before you buy!!!

Postby spryfly on Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:03 pm

First the good news....newegg has the benq 1620 (retail & extra black bezel) back in stock for $70.99 w/ free shipping and $10 MIR through benq. Total cost $60.99 ........ :wink:

Now the bad news.....according to the rebate an actual sales recipt is required. Packing slips or order conformation are NOT accepted. As this is all newegg provides, if you buy this drive from newegg your MIR will be rejected!!! :evil:

Now the good news....I called newegg and pointed out the blunder and they took the $10 off the price of the drive. So, total cost delivered is still $60.99. If you order one before they take the rebate link off their site you should also be able to get the $10 off. Best price I've seen for the retail w/extra bezel. =P~
"Why? Said the spry little fly."

Nec 3500 LD V2 B6 Quiet
Benq 1620 B7T9 Stock
Liteon 1633sx BS41 Patched for 12x DL Ripping
User avatar
spryfly
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 121
Joined: Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:36 am
Location: The Spider's Web
Top

Postby Ian on Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:26 pm

Nice deal. Thanks for the heads up on that.
"Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt." - Steve Jobs
User avatar
Ian
Grand Poobah
 
Posts: 15121
Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2001 2:34 pm
Location: Madison, WI
Top

Postby hoxlund on Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:25 am

$76.49 minus $10.00 MIR = $66.49

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 635&depa=0
Thermaltake Core X5 Snow Edition TG Case
Corsair RM1000 Power Supply
MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
AMD Threadripper 1950x @ 4.1GHz
Custom Loop w/ EK MSI x399 Monoblock
G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 3200 RGB Memory
MSI 1080Ti Lightning X Video Card
User avatar
hoxlund
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 3708
Joined: Mon May 27, 2002 12:55 am
Location: Idaho
Top

Postby dodecahedron on Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:37 pm

now $72.99-$10=$62.99
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie
-- JRRT
M.C. Escher - Reptilien
User avatar
dodecahedron
DVD Polygon
 
Posts: 6865
Joined: Sat Mar 09, 2002 12:04 am
Location: Israel
Top

Re: Benq 1620 at Newegg -- Read before you buy!!!

Postby dodecahedron on Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:39 pm

spryfly wrote:Now the good news....I called newegg and pointed out the blunder and they took the $10 off the price of the drive. So, total cost delivered is still $60.99. If you order one before they take the rebate link off their site you should also be able to get the $10 off. Best price I've seen for the retail w/extra bezel. =P~

sorry, i don't see this at newegg's webpage!
price is $72.99 and there's the $10 rebate. where did they take $10 off ???
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie
-- JRRT
M.C. Escher - Reptilien
User avatar
dodecahedron
DVD Polygon
 
Posts: 6865
Joined: Sat Mar 09, 2002 12:04 am
Location: Israel
Top

Postby VEFF on Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:24 pm

Nice heads up! Hopefully someone looking for this drive was able to take advantage of the "instant rebate".

Newegg loves to change prices (both up and down) frequently on hot items; it might even be computerized based on demand.

An instructor of mine mentioned how supermarkets used software to price items based on sales.
He noticed that after he bought a higher than usual quantity of an item (obviously not something they sell much of) its price had gone up the next time he went back to the same store.
Burners only:
Pioneer DVR-115D
Pioneer DVR-111D
Plextor PX-716A TLA0304
Plextor PX-716A same TLA
LiteOn 52246S 52X CD-RW
LiteOn 52246S (another)
LiteOn 52327S 52X CD-RW
TDK 40X USB 2.0 CD-RW
TEAC CD-W540E 40X CD-RW
User avatar
VEFF
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 2025
Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2002 9:36 pm
Top

Postby hoxlund on Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:52 pm

dodecahedron wrote:now $72.99-$10=$62.99


as i mentioned before $76.49 minus $10.00 MIR = $66.49
Thermaltake Core X5 Snow Edition TG Case
Corsair RM1000 Power Supply
MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
AMD Threadripper 1950x @ 4.1GHz
Custom Loop w/ EK MSI x399 Monoblock
G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 3200 RGB Memory
MSI 1080Ti Lightning X Video Card
User avatar
hoxlund
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 3708
Joined: Mon May 27, 2002 12:55 am
Location: Idaho
Top

Postby Gazza on Sat Jan 29, 2005 5:48 pm

Newegg were all out of 1620's at one point but I since found out that the NU DDW163 drive is the same drive rebadged so I bought that instead (cost me $61 shipped) and flashed to the B7T9 firmware and now the drive is recognized as a DW1620
Gazza
CD-RW Thug
 
Posts: 65
Joined: Tue Oct 28, 2003 11:42 am
Top

Postby cfitz on Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:34 pm

hoxlund wrote:
dodecahedron wrote:now $72.99-$10=$62.99


as i mentioned before $76.49 minus $10.00 MIR = $66.49

Are they really changing the price that often? I see what dodecahedron sees:

$72.99-$10=$62.99

I wish I had waited a couple of weeks to buy mine, but when I purchased newegg didn't have them listed at all (as opposed to listing them but marking them as "out of stock"), so I didn't know they would ever sell them.

cfitz

Edit to add: Oh, now I see what hoxlund is saying. He is including the $3.50 shipping. Good call, hoxlund.
cfitz
CD-RW Curmudgeon
 
Posts: 4572
Joined: Sat Jul 27, 2002 10:44 am
Top

Postby Wesociety on Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:33 am

I recommended the Rosewill RD-162 (oem BenQ 1620) retail package to a friend when the BenQ was out of stock.
Cheaper ( $54.99 ) and you get a retail package!
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 006&depa=1
User avatar
Wesociety
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 1234
Joined: Tue Mar 09, 2004 11:33 am
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Top

Postby jsl on Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:26 am

Wesociety wrote:I recommended the Rosewill RD-162 (oem BenQ 1620) retail package to a friend when the BenQ was out of stock.
Cheaper ( $54.99 ) and you get a retail package!
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 006&depa=1

One small detail though: The Rosewill burner is not a BenQ, it's an AOpen DUW1608 ;)
jsl
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 201
Joined: Fri Jan 10, 2003 5:34 am
Top

Postby Wesociety on Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:54 pm

DOH! I thought it was a BenQ. :oops: :oops:
Just had a closer look at the specs and saw the obvious.
Geez... :roll:
User avatar
Wesociety
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 1234
Joined: Tue Mar 09, 2004 11:33 am
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Top

Postby spryfly on Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:06 pm

cfitz wrote:
hoxlund wrote:
dodecahedron wrote:now $72.99-$10=$62.99


as i mentioned before $76.49 minus $10.00 MIR = $66.49

Are they really changing the price that often? I see what dodecahedron sees:

$72.99-$10=$62.99

I wish I had waited a couple of weeks to buy mine, but when I purchased newegg didn't have them listed at all (as opposed to listing them but marking them as "out of stock"), so I didn't know they would ever sell them.

cfitz

Edit to add: Oh, now I see what hoxlund is saying. He is including the $3.50 shipping. Good call, hoxlund.


they had free shipping....but now they don't
"Why? Said the spry little fly."

Nec 3500 LD V2 B6 Quiet
Benq 1620 B7T9 Stock
Liteon 1633sx BS41 Patched for 12x DL Ripping
User avatar
spryfly
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 121
Joined: Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:36 am
Location: The Spider's Web
Top

Postby spryfly on Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:08 pm

Wesociety wrote:DOH! I thought it was a BenQ. :oops: :oops:
Just had a closer look at the specs and saw the obvious.
Geez... :roll:


your friend is going to be mighty disapointed......
"Why? Said the spry little fly."

Nec 3500 LD V2 B6 Quiet
Benq 1620 B7T9 Stock
Liteon 1633sx BS41 Patched for 12x DL Ripping
User avatar
spryfly
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 121
Joined: Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:36 am
Location: The Spider's Web
Top

Postby Wesociety on Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:08 pm

spryfly wrote:your friend is going to be mighty disapointed......

Nah, he ordered the NEC ND-3520A instead...
User avatar
Wesociety
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 1234
Joined: Tue Mar 09, 2004 11:33 am
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Top

Postby spryfly on Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:39 pm

3520...well he is still going to be disapointed :wink:
"Why? Said the spry little fly."

Nec 3500 LD V2 B6 Quiet
Benq 1620 B7T9 Stock
Liteon 1633sx BS41 Patched for 12x DL Ripping
User avatar
spryfly
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 121
Joined: Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:36 am
Location: The Spider's Web
Top

Postby ETP on Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:11 am

Nah! The 3520 with current FW and 109 are very good burners as well as the BQ. I would like that Plex 216, but at double the price of a NEC/BQ, why would anyone do that. [-X

BQ 1640 BSOB
NEC 4550 1.6T
Plextor 716a 1.09
Pioneer 109/A09 158
Pioneer 110/A10 1.39
Liteon 5005
Sony 875P & 333ES
Liteon 5005
HK7200
Hitachi 61SDX
Two Dell 8400s & 9100 with SATA HDs
User avatar
ETP
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 510
Joined: Tue Oct 23, 2001 8:00 pm
Location: NW FL Panhandle/LA=Lower Ala
Top

Postby TechCI on Sat Feb 05, 2005 3:43 pm

Meritline has for same price 62.00 with no mail in rebate hassle.

$65.00 - $3.00 instant rebate = $62.00 final price.

http://www.meritline.com/benq-dw-1620-1 ... drive.html
TechCI
Buffer Underrun
 
Posts: 2
Joined: Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:29 pm
Top

Postby spryfly on Sat Feb 05, 2005 4:13 pm

TechCI wrote:Meritline has for same price 62.00 with no mail in rebate hassle.

$65.00 - $3.00 instant rebate = $62.00 final price.

http://www.meritline.com/benq-dw-1620-1 ... drive.html


yeah...plus $8.55 shipping to where i live = $70.85 :wink:
"Why? Said the spry little fly."

Nec 3500 LD V2 B6 Quiet
Benq 1620 B7T9 Stock
Liteon 1633sx BS41 Patched for 12x DL Ripping
User avatar
spryfly
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 121
Joined: Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:36 am
Location: The Spider's Web
Top

Postby TechCI on Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:25 pm

Yeah, thats no fair charging so much shipping.

Here are several dealers selling for total cost including shipping starting at $59.00

http://www.pricewatch.com/h/prc.aspx?i=340&a=162810
TechCI
Buffer Underrun
 
Posts: 2
Joined: Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:29 pm
Top
Post a reply

Return to DVD Writers

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Majestic-12 [Bot] and 8 guests

Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group
cron
All Content is Copyright (c) 2001-2023 CDRLabs Inc.